: Chuck: Marx said it too - in a speech he gave in Amsterdam on September 8, 1872 after a congress of the first international:: "...we do not deny that there are countries - such as America, England, and if I were more familiar with your institutions, I would perhaps also add Holland - where the workers can attain their goal by peaceful means." (The Marx-Engels Reader, 2nd edition, edited by Robert C. Tucker, p.522, "The Possibility of Non-Violent Revolution")
I stand corrected.
Guess that serves me right for owning only International Publisher editions of Marx & Engels...
Concerning the content of Marx's analysis, let us remember that he died prior to the era of vast monopoly capitalism in America; no doubt his appraisal would have changed accordingly...
But that's only speculation...
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